Covering or awning for vehicles.



PATENTED JULY-14, '1 9 03 S. W. WORTLEY. COVERING 0R AWNING FOR VEHICLES.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 3, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

1' mums PETERS cor. PHUTDJJTN Uwrrnn L Patented July 14, 1903.

SETH WILLIAM VVORTLEY, OF SKEGNESS, ENGLAND.

COVERING O R AWNING FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,526, dated July 14, 1903.

Application filed December 8, 1902. Serial No. 134,423. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH WILLIAM WORT- LEY, coach-builder, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at the Avenue Pleasure Gardens, Skegness, in the county of Lincoln, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ooverings or Awnings for Carts, Wagons, and other I/Vheeled Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a covering or awning for carts, wagons, and other vehicles which may be easily folded up or drawn down to form the cover, as desired. For this purpose I provide a series of bars formed of metal or other suitable material and whose lower ends are fitted into sockets fixed to each side of the vehicle. These bars are curved upward, each pair being joined together at the top in the form of an arch and carrying a wooden or other bar extending from end to end of the vehicle centrally therewith. This bar is provided with a longitudinal strip or board on each side, forminga hollow ridge or canopy, under which the cover is drawn up when not required for use. The canvas or other material forming said cover is secured to laths or strips formed of metal, wood, or other material, which are looped or otherwise attached to the arched bars, so as to slide up and down the same. The cover is raised by means of straps, bands, or cords secured to the laths or strips or to one of them and passing through openings in the upper bar, so thatnpon pulling down the same the laths or strips, and with them the canvas or cover, are drawn up underneath the hollow ridge or canopy, and upon their release the said laths and cover fall down on each side, where they are secured at the bottom by straps to the side of the vehicle.

In order to clearly understand my invention, reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows an inside or half-sectional elevation of the improved covering and a portion of the vehicle to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3

is a similar section showing the cover or canopy raised.

a represents the curved or arched bars, the lower ends of which are fittedor supported in the sockets b, fixed to the sides 0 of the vehicle.

upper ends of the bars a, the said ends being secured to the bar 01 by the bolts 6 or otherwise, and f represents the strips or boards lixed at an angle to each side of the bar (Z to form a hollow ridge or canopy.

g represents the laths or strips fixed to the canvas or cover It, and 2' represents the rings or loops by which the laths or strips are looped to the bars a, so as to slide up and down the same.

it represents the straps or bands connected to the lower laths g and passing through openings l in the bar (Z, whereby the laths are raised by pulling down the inner ends of said straps or bands, as shown in Fig. 3, thus raising the cover it into its folded position underneath the hollow ridge or canopy. The cover is lowered by pulling down the laths and secured to the sides of the vehicle by straps m engaging with studs on the same. When the awning is pulled up under the ridge or canopy, it may be secured thereto by the straps or bands, and the bolts securing the bars Ct to the bar 61 being unfastenedand the bars a removed'from their socketsthe whole may be packed and secured together into a small and portable compass. The straps, bands, or cords pass through rings fixed to the laths, the same being secured to the lowest ring to draw the said laths or strips up.

It is evident my improved coverings orawnings may be used as garden-tents or other she1ters,as well as in connection with vehicles.

Having now fully described the nature of my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved covering or awning for vehicles'consisting of curved or arched bars car rying a central longitudinal bar or ridge and supported in sockets on the sides of the vehi cle, laths or strips looped or connected to d is the wooden or metal bar carried by the said bars so as to slide up and down same for I In witness whereof I have hereunto set my raising or lowering a canvas or other c'overhand in the presence of two witnesses.

ing attached to the lathsby means of straps v or bands passing through openings in the E WILLIAM WORTLEX' ridge-bar, and a hollow ridge 0r canopy for \Vitnesses:

receiving or covering the awning in its raised JOHN E. MIDDLETON,

or folded position, substantially as described. GEORGE \VAILE; 

